Bus bar assembly for use with a compact power conversion assembly
First Claim
1. An electronic converter assembly comprising:
- a first heat sink member having at least a first mounting surface and a length dimension;
a plurality of power switching device modules wherein each module includes at least four separate power switching devices, the modules mounted to the first sink mounting surface such that the switching devices are aligned along the length of the sink member, each switching device including inter-converter connection terminals linkable to at least one of a load and a source and intra-converter connection terminals linkable, each intra-converter connection terminal linkable to at least one of a positive and a negative DC bus;
first, second and third bus bars, each bus bar linked to the inter-converter connection terminals of at least first and second pairs of the power switching devices where the at least first and second pairs of power switching devices linked to specific ones of the bus bars are from different switching device modules; and
a linkage assembly including a plurality of conductors that link the intra-converter connection terminals of the power switching devices to form a power conversion topology.
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Abstract
An electronic converter assembly comprising a first heat sink member having at least a first mounting surface and a length dimension, a plurality of power switching device modules wherein each module includes at least four separate power switching devices, the modules mounted to the first sink mounting surface such that the switching devices are aligned along the length of the sink member, each switching device including inter-converter connection terminals linkable to at least one of a load and a source and intra-converter connection terminals linkable, each intra-converter connection terminal linkable to at least one of a positive and a negative DC bus, first, second and third bus bars, each bus bar linked to the inter-converter connection terminals of at least first and second pairs of the power switching devices where the at least first and second pairs of power switching devices linked to specific ones of the bus bars are from different switching device modules and a linkage assembly including a plurality of conductors that link the intra-converter connection terminals of the power switching devices to form a power conversion topology.
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26 Claims
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1. An electronic converter assembly comprising:
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a first heat sink member having at least a first mounting surface and a length dimension;
a plurality of power switching device modules wherein each module includes at least four separate power switching devices, the modules mounted to the first sink mounting surface such that the switching devices are aligned along the length of the sink member, each switching device including inter-converter connection terminals linkable to at least one of a load and a source and intra-converter connection terminals linkable, each intra-converter connection terminal linkable to at least one of a positive and a negative DC bus;
first, second and third bus bars, each bus bar linked to the inter-converter connection terminals of at least first and second pairs of the power switching devices where the at least first and second pairs of power switching devices linked to specific ones of the bus bars are from different switching device modules; and
a linkage assembly including a plurality of conductors that link the intra-converter connection terminals of the power switching devices to form a power conversion topology. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. An electronic converter assembly comprising:
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a heat sink member having at least a first mounting surface, a length dimension and first and second oppositely facing lateral surfaces that extend parallel to the length dimension, the mounting surface and first and second lateral surfaces forming first and second lateral edges, respectively;
first, second, third and fourth power switching device modules wherein each module includes first, second, third, fourth, fifth and sixth separate power switching devices, each switching device including inter-converter connection terminals and intra-converter connection terminals that extend from the device in opposite directions, the modules mounted to the sink mounting surface such that the switching devices are aligned along the length of the sink member with the intra-converter connection terminals proximate the first lateral edge and the inter-converter terminals proximate the second lateral edge; and
first, second and third bus bars, each of the bus bars linked to a sub-set of the connection terminals of switching devices in at least two different device modules. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18)
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19. An electronic converter assembly comprising:
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a first heat sink member having at least a first mounting surface, a length dimension and first and second oppositely facing lateral surfaces that extend parallel to the length dimension, the mounting surface and first and second lateral surfaces forming first and second lateral edges, respectively;
a second heat sink member having at least a first mounting surface, a length dimension and first and second oppositely facing lateral surfaces that extend parallel to the length dimension, the mounting surface and first and second lateral surfaces of the second sink member forming first and second lateral edges, respectively;
first and second module sets, the first module set including first, second, third and fourth power switching device modules and the second module set including fifth, sixth, seventh and eighth power switching device modules wherein each module includes first, second, third, fourth, fifth and sixth separate power switching devices, each switching device including inter-converter connection terminals and intra-converter connection terminals that extend from the associated module in opposite directions, the modules in the first module set mounted to the first sink member mounting surface such that the switching devices are aligned along the length of the first sink member, the intra-converter connection terminals proximate the first lateral edge and the inter-converter terminals proximate the second lateral edge of the first sink member, the modules in the second module set mounted to the second sink member mounting surface such that the switching devices are aligned along the length of the second sink member, the intra-converter connection terminals proximate the first lateral edge and the inter-converter terminals proximate the second lateral edge of the second sink member;
first, second, third, fourth, fifth and sixth bus bars, each of the first, second and third bus bars linked to the inter-converter connection terminals of switching devices in at least two different device modules in the first module set and each of the fourth, fifth and sixth bus bars linked to the inter-converter connection terminals of switching devices in at least two different device modules in the second module set; and
a linkage assembly linking the intra-converter connection terminals of the switches in each of the first, second, third, fourth, fifth, sixth, seventh and eighth modules together to form the converter topology. - View Dependent Claims (20, 21)
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22. An electronic converter assembly comprising:
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at least a first heat sink member having at least a first mounting surface, a length dimension and first and second oppositely facing lateral surfaces, the mounting surface and the first and second lateral surfaces forming first and second lateral edges, respectively;
at least first and second power switching device modules wherein each module includes first, second, third, fourth, fifth and sixth separate power switching devices, each switching device including inter-converter connection terminals and intra-converter connection terminals that extend from the device in opposite directions, the modules mounted to the first mounting surface with the switching devices aligned along the length of the sink member, the intra-converter connection terminals proximate the first lateral edge and the inter-converter terminals proximate the second lateral edge;
first, second and third bus bars, each of the bus bars linked to at least a subset of the switching device inter-converter connection terminals of each of the modules; and
a linkage assembly linking the intra-converter connection terminals of the switches in each of the modules together to form the converter topology. - View Dependent Claims (23)
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24. A bus bar assembly for use with an electronic converter assembly having a plurality of switching device modules, each module including first, second and third pairs of power switching devices, each pair including a first device linked to a positive DC bus and a second device linked to a negative DC bus, the first and second devices of each pair having adjacent inter-converter connection terminals aligned along an edge of the sink member, the assembly comprising:
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a first rigid bus bar linkable to the inter-converter connection terminals of the first pair of switching devices in each module;
a second rigid bus bar linkable to the inter-converter connection terminals of the second pair of switching devices in each module; and
a third rigid bus bar linkable to the inter-converter connection terminals of the third pair of switching devices in each module. - View Dependent Claims (25, 26)
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